thrush

C2 Topic:Family & Relationships

US /θɹʌʃ/ See IPA manual

Freq #32707

Meanings

1

noun
Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.

I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.
2

noun
A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis.

Cervical cancer and recurrent vaginal thrush are both strongly linked to the presence of HIV in women.
3

noun
songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
4

noun
a woman who sings popular songs

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2 noun · a fungal infection caused... candidiasis

Word family

Forms thrushes

Derived forms nightingale-thrushquail-thrushshrikethrushthrush-tanagerwaterthrushwrenthrush

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song thrush
a common Eurasian thrush noted for its varied musical song

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).

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# thrush

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /θɹʌʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 32707

## Meanings
1. Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
2. A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis.
3. songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
4. a woman who sings popular songs

## Examples
- I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.
- Cervical cancer and recurrent vaginal thrush are both strongly linked to the presence of HIV in women.

## Derived Forms
- nightingale-thrush
- quail-thrush
- shrikethrush
- thrush-tanager
- waterthrush
- wrenthrush

## Etymology
From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).

## Topics
- Family & Relationships

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